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| Fodors In Focus Barbados St Lucia 1st EditionPosted on December 23, 2010.  Packed with insider information in an Easy-to-use format, Fodor's Guide to Barbados and St Lucia explored and exciting year Extremely popular holiday destinationCommentsLavona Footer says... I read Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl a few months ago where I was introduced to the history of Irish Slavery on Barbados.I'm not a history buff and generally do not read non-fiction.Nonetheless, I bought this book because of the reviews and I found myself interested in the subject matter. After I got through the first chapter I became thoroughly engrossed in the book and was not able to stop reading it. The author did noticeably repeat a few of his facts throughout the book, but the items were generally repeated because they were relevant in more than one place.His arguments were sometimes made in a manner that made me wonder if he was creating his own history, or if I was getting a picture of what really happened.I would have prefered him to have made his arguments more convincingly and as if they were fact.But, I suppose it is also great to know that there is limited information and he is interpreting the information. I may just give up reading fiction and switch to history if it is all this interesting.It was a hard book to read.I can not believe people could do this to one another.I suppose that is why is was so gripping. Posted on December 26, 2010 Jasmine Shand says... As the Irish finally threaten to allow themselves become assimilated, this book - by an Irishjournalist who workedon Fleet Street, and cannot be accused of blind anti-Britishness-stresses how vitally important it is that our anti-colonial impetus be maintained I review this book at much greater length in my forthcoming "Ireland: A colony once again?". Se Posted on December 26, 2010 Vivienne Cliffton says... this is a wonderful book on the little know occurrence of the British shipping the Irish people as slaves to the west indies. Posted on December 26, 2010 Lisha Hibbetts says... This is an excellent history of slavery imposed upon the Irish by the British government. This history of white slavery is frequently ignored. The first chapters with detailed histories battles in Ireland are somewhat too complex. However, when the author gets to the story of slavery, the gathering of mostly women and children to serve as slaves in Barbados, the writing is excellent. English power under Cromwell clearly did not consider the Irish as humans.The captives were treated almost like animals.The imposition of slavery shows well how an ideology of superiority can turn to cruelty, starvation, and oppression. While we tend to think of slavery in terms of racial groups, this work shows thatracial groups are defined (socially constructed).To the English, the Irish were a racially inferior group. Posted on December 27, 2010 Gabriele Matuszak says... The book was an eye opener.I thought I had an understanding of Irish history.I was astonished and outraged.The purpose of the book is to reveal the true outrages that caused the multigeneration enmity between the Irish and English and succeeds. No one can understand the present situation in No. Ireland without it. The book was well referenced, even sighting English historical information to substanciate the truth.50-100,000 Irish women sold into prostitution and slavery by the same English traders, god-fearing puritan's, who sold African's into slavery.No reference to this in modern history books. I never knew that the Irish were made literal slaves by the English or the extent of the ethnic and religious hatred and the genocide perpetrated by the British against them.The slaughter and genocide perpetrated has been squelched in the press and media for centuries. It leaves me with the question of what kind of a media do we have in the U.S. that has kept this imformation from us? Numerous American's of many ethnic groups have told me that I was lying, it didn't happen just like the holocaust.I was dumb struck and had to bring in the book to prove it too them.It begs the question: What's with diversity in this country does if it only goes one way? Its a book any one who believes in real diversity should read.You can't understand the present Irish situation between the IRA and the UDL without it. EXCELLENT Posted on December 28, 2010 Emilio Kinnard says... A side of Barbadian history I needed to learn more about. O'Callaghan brings some of the dark to light. Posted on December 29, 2010 Miki Welshans says... O'Callaghan, Sean. To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland. Dingle, County Kerry: Brandon Books, Mount Eagle Publications, 2000. Sean O'Callaghan, a former member of the Irish Republican Army, gives an unblinking historical account of the vicious brutality of Cromwell's invasion of Ireland. He also shines a bright light on the British abhorrence of Irish Catholics, citing English pamphlets during the civil war that portrayed Irish Catholics as intellectually and morally inferior. O'Callaghan goes on to detail the systematic, decimation of Irish defenders and the relentless persecution of the innocent others who were transported to Barbados to face forced labor on sugar plantations as slaves. In his description of Irish transport to Barbados, O'Callaghan includes an account that is no less hellish than the horror of the African middle passage. O'Callaghan provides stark accounts of the misery of Irish life on Barbados, describing white slavery and forced labor on sugar plantations. He also gives us a look into the several Irish uprisings in Barbados and the brutality of how the British countered them, employing court-sanctioned torture and executions. O'Callaghan expands his account to include the Irish in Jamaica and America and progresses through emancipation and restoration. He concludes with The Red Legs of Barbados, Irish and Scottish slave descendants and their present-day heirs. Posted on December 31, 2010 Lemuel Balderas says... I got this right before I went to Barbados in late September.The book seemed to be fairly up to date. The book was small and compact, convenient for traveling, and easy to read.One negative is the lack of photos and visual aids in the book.There are a lot of more helpful and colorful pamphlets and brochures for free once you arrive at Barbados airport.We ended up using the travel office at our resort hotel to get more information and purchase tickets for excursions.I do want to pass along these free pamphlets and brochures to the professional travel guide companies though! Free internet sites with travelers' opinions are more informative for getting more up-to-date frank feedback, especially for rare destinations, such as Barbados.Of course, the points of views may be swayed and tend to be a place for people to vent about bad experiences.This book is not too pricey, so I did not expect too much.Unlike Planet Lonely and other competitors, I believe that Fodor's intention for the "In Focus" series to be "starter" travel guides to help beginners learn a few basic things about the destination.Let me put it this way, it's better than nothing if you are a planner with spontaneity not being your strong suit.Have fun! PSBy the way, I did my first all-inclusive vacation at Barbados, which reduced the stress about having to find a place to eat and things to do every day.Of course, we wanted to get away from the resort hotel sometimes, so the book was one way to spark our interest to get more information on particular excursions. Posted on December 31, 2010 Dorris Langhans says... This book as very little in depth information though it does cover a broad range of topics. I'll be looking for a better guide. Posted on January 2, 2011 Leave a Comment |
